Technology Agreement

December 19, 1985

MOSCOW — Prime ministers of 10 Soviet bloc nations signed a Soviet-inspired technology development program Wednesday. The 15-year accord among the members of the Comecon trading group provides for creation of a science and production association, called Interrobot, and a single system to develop optic fibers for transmitting information. Western observers say the agreement is a measure of the importance Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev attaches to involving his country's allies in efforts to catch up with the West.